The latest federal government budget has put the spotlight firmly on apprenticeships and traineeships through the announcement of the Skilling Australians Fund.
The National Student Outcomes Survey, Australia’s largest survey of vocational education and training (VET) students, has expanded again, and this year will contact almost half a million people who completed training in 2016.
New research by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) examines Indigenous vocational education and training (VET) participation and employment outcomes over the past decade.
Figures released today show the number of people starting an apprenticeship or traineeship is up 2.9% for the September 2016 quarter, compared with the September 2015 quarter.
Employers across the nation will be contacted in the coming weeks as part of the Survey of Employer use and views of the VET system to find out how organisations employ and train staff, and how effective this training is at meeting their needs.